Research finds women and girls act as recruits, drug dealers and armed gangsters in the ‘deeply ingrained’ gang culture in the Western Cape
A new film forces us to examine the background to crimes associated with poverty and deprivation
A South African Olympic silver medallist achieved something remarkable, especially after testing positive for methamphetamine use in 2012.
Crystal meth may have trapped users in crimes, but it is also the fulcrum of an illicit economy that employs hundreds.
A visit to the Salt River Forensic Pathology Service reveals the reality of SA’s violent deaths and the dedication of those who work there.
VIDEO: Rhodes students Jonathan Jones and Bjorn Krietsch follow the stories of two Grahamstown families trying to come to grips with the ruinous effects of tik.
A study by the Centre for Health and Prevention Studies at New York University has found that the use of tik leads to dangerous sexual behaviour.
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/ 11 September 2008
A woman and two men who lured a young mother into their home to rob her of her car were on Thursday jailed by the Cape High Court.
Two tik addicts who doused a woman with petrol before setting her alight in an argument over a cellphone have each been jailed for 24 years.